[CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB

[Yuri Blanarovich]

It is the right decision.

  UN, US State Dept., Ukrainian Government do not recognize Russian 
occupation or annexation of Ukrainian territory by bands of masked 
Putin's terrorists and proclaiming it Donetsk or Crimean "republic". 
Ukrainian people, President and Government call it ATO - Anti Terrorist 
Operation to eradicate masked Russian terrorist from Ukrainian soil.

  This is not "Ukrainian separatists" or "Russian separatists" 
or "Russian speaking population" as media still call it. When people 
wish to "separate" from something, they either vote, protest or demand 
it just like they did it in the winter at Maidan in Kiev.
  Masked  bandits in Russian uniforms with their insignia removed, with 
Russian armaments and "backup" Russian army at the Ukrainian border are 
not "Russian speaking Ukrainians" wishing to join Putin in resurrecting 
the USSR. Shot down Malaysian airliner and thousands of dead deserve 
proper recognition.

  "Amateur radio should not mix in politics" doesn't hold the water. 
Scores of hams died in defending their countries or were prosecuted and 
they deserve recognition and support. Russia has no right to issue ham 
licenses for those "independent republics" of Donetsk or Crimea. If you 
want to operate legally from the territory of Ukraine, use your 
Ukrainian issued license. Using Russian issued licenses for foreign 
territory only legitimizes Putin's aggression and one becomes 
accomplice. Remember Hitler and Sudettenland and where it ended?
  It is sad to see K1ZZ and ARRL legitimizing Putin's aggression by 
accepting either licenses from the occupied territories. What's next? 
Putin "liberating" Russian speaking population of Brooklyn, NY?

  I hope that our Russian ham friends realize what the situation is 
about and do not support Putin's aggression against Ukrainian territory 
and people. Who will be next? Deep thank you to all those Russians who 
protested Putin in Red Square and other places in Russia.  

  CQ CC made the right decision and world's ham population should stand 
behind Ukrainian people in defending their territory and country. 
Sometime politics clash with ham radio, but we should stand behind 
defenders of their countries and not aggressors.

  Yuri, K3BU.us
  ex OK3BU, VE3BMV, etc.
 
 
 On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 09:23 AM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
 
 > The CQ WW Contest Committee was very divided on this issue. The 
Editor and
> Publisher of CQ Magazine have made this policy decision. Any comments 
> or
> appeals should be directed to CQ.
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf 
>> Of
>> Andy Kazantsev
>> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 6:17 PM
>> To: 'CQ-Contest'
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB
>>
>> Hi, gyus!
>>
>> What do you feel about it....
>>
>> http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/10/cq-policy-on-crimean-stations-
>> using.html
>>
>> I participated in CQ WW RTTY 2014,
>> and planning to participate in CQ WW SSB&CW....
>> Spent a lot of effort and resources
>> who it will compensate?
>> Sorry if it's true ....
>>
>>
>> 73! Andy UB7K
>> ex. UU0JM, UU7J,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> С уважением,
>>  Andy                          mailto:uu0jm at mail.ru
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Это сообщение свободно от вирусов и вредоносного ПО благодаря защите 
>> от
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